Do you have any idea how many times an old story is recycled as though it had never been presented before? This is common in the media. By tacking on a small item that's actually new they can put a favorite issue back into the headlines without making it look like they're doing it.
In the New York Times case, this article is just another in a series going at the same topic over and over again. Notice most of these links are two years old, and say almost the same things.
As for the polar bears, it's a bit irritating because I linked to the actual science numbers several times already, and showed that
A) The polar bears are nowhere close to extinction
B) The hunters kill more of them than anything else does.
I said nothing that attacked McFly personally, and he doesn't seem to see it that way either. You seem to be the one with the thin skin.
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